Re: Motherboard & Hibernation ?



Downloaded and installed the latest Intel chipset installer package and build
444 of the BIOS. Still no hibernation.

"Slobodan Brcin (eMVP)" wrote:

> harrier,
>
> It is excelent that you can and are trying this on XP Pro.
>
> 915 uses PCI Express right and this is modern chipset and BIOS should be also advanced and more inteligent. If you doubt on BIOS
> download new version and update it.
> Anyhow there is no way that hibernation function was not implemented or supported in this new hardware.
>
> Now back to the problems.
> XP usualy do not have drivers and inf files that support new hardwares and it will fall back to using some generic drivers.
> What you need to do is to install driver package from Intel to support your chipset. And to install latest drivers for video card,
> then we can try to see what next
>
> Regards,
> Slobodan
>
>
>
>
> "harrier" <harrier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:241E0B9B-87CA-4723-9913-E4BBA1F42A69@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I don't know that any of your suggestions will do much good. Prototype 1
> > used Intel D865XXX boards and Prototype 2 uses Intel D915XXX boards. XP Pro
> > or XPE do not support hibernation on the D915 boards. I never created an XPE
> > image for the D865 boards, they only ran XP Pro, which did support
> > hibernation.
> >
> > The BIOS in the D915 is not complicated and doesn't have much in the ACPI
> > screen. Of the two settings I have to choose from, neither enables
> > hibernation. This leads me to believe there is a difference in features
> > between the two boards that is the root of the problem. I took the HD from a
> > D915 machine and plugged it into the D865 and the hibernation tab
> > mysteriously appears. Placing the HD back into the D915, it magically
> > disappears. It's not software.
> >
> > "Slobodan Brcin (eMVP)" wrote:
> >
> > > You are looking to have all new drivers instaled properly for all things in your computer.
> > > GART, Video, network, sound, etc.
> > >
> > > Try disabling network, sound and all irelevant things in BIOS. And support GART and video with latest drivers and inf files.
> > >
> > > Also use device manager or setupapi.log to see if all hardware was properly dectected and installed.
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Slobodan
> > >
> > > "harrier" <harrier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:16ABDD43-63AE-46A1-AA3F-756243D933E5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > The first hardware prototypes of the product I'm working on allowed XPE to
> > > > hibernate. We have new motherboards in the second hardware prototypes and
> > > > XPE no longer hibernates. I'm assuming hibernation is a feature of ACPI, but
> > > > what am I looking to to ensure a motherboard supports hibernation?
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
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